Another Jet Hydro drag boat...

[Tolly]

I took this picture at the IHBA race in Waco, Tx in July 2000. It was the first and only Jet Hydro I have ever seen in person. The guy I talked to told me it had a rather storied past and went on to tell about Blown hemis and what not, anyway, thought some of y'all might want to see it.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...hydro1-med.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...hydro2-med.jpg

[1Bahnerjet]

Sweet, like the Colors. Looks like a Sanger. or maybe a Willis ?

[Tolly]

Is this the kind of boat that JetHydro here on the boards runs??

[Jake W]

No Jethydro has a Hondo.
Sangers have little tunnels in them.And the hondo has a center pod sticking down in the back.
Jake

[Jet Hydro]

Ok it`s kinda of a long story But I`ll try to enlighten you on the short side of it.
That boat was built by Sanger and designed by Dean Willis. Dean told me that he took a Hydro and sat it on top of a tunnel bottom and that`s how he designed this style of boat. So in short it not really a Hydro but it does look like one.
Now my Hydro was built by Hondo out of the same boat as the V-Drive Hondo Hydro. Hondo took the Hydro and added a pod for the jetdrive intake. I`ll post some pic`s to show you the differences.
Sanger in flight
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/208jet.bmp
Hondo in flight
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...aco_race_2.bmp
Back of the Hondo
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._1_x_2-med.JPG
Back of a Sanger
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/..._Jet_Hydro.bmp

[Tolly]

Thanks for the picture comparison JetHydro. I think those things look cool as hell, how do they run and ride? What kind of speeds are they capable of? How well do they E.T.?

[Jet Hydro]

Tolly
I`m not going to BS ya here...lol... Those things can be a hand full.
The blue one that was in Waco ran 13 and 12`s.
The red one in the air shot ran some where in the 120 to 130 mph, don't know the et of that one but it ran pretty fast.
Mine has been raced in the 13`s , 12`s and the 11`s. This year I`m going to do some bottom work and see if it can run the 10`s. I`v got a motor that should put me in the 9`s but we haven't been able to keep the boat wet enough to run it all the way out the door yet. Every year I move up one class, this year it`s to the 10`s. Time will only tell, might be at the end of the season but it`s the plan. We will be a racing at Waco again this year so stop by and check it out.

[Tolly]

I will definitely come by and say hi at Waco.

[Jet Hydro]

I`ll be looking forward to seeing ya there.
BTW ....I do the SDBA race, I think it`s in May this year? Then we`ll be doing the SDBA race, FT Worth in June.

[Tolly]

Is the Ft.Worth race going to be at Marine Creek? If it is I will be there too. I might be able to make the May race in Waco, I will just have to see if it interferes with the kids junior dragster schedule. Junior dragsters are our new venture this year, and DAMN I didn't know how much you could spend on a Briggs & Stratton!!!